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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cillian Murphy called himself a “very proud Irishman” after he trotted onstage to claim his first-ever Oscar for portraying the man who created the atomic bomb in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster biopic “Oppenheimer.”“I'm a little overwhelmed,” said Murphy, who won best actor for his stellar role as J. Robert Oppenheimer. Murphy, though a regular presence in Nolan films going back almost two decades, had always been a supporting player. Murphy thanked Nolan and the director's wife, Emma Thomas, a producer on the film. “It's been the wildest, most exhilarating, most creatively, satisfying journey you've taken me on over the last 20 years,” Murphy said to Nolan. “But deep down, secretly, I was desperate to play a lead for him.”Murphy came into the Academy Awards a strong contender after picking up trophies at the Golden Globes, SAG Awards and BAFTA Film Awards.

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☆ Christopher Nolan put a bet on himself when it came to Oscar frontrunner 'Oppenheimer' and walked away with a $72m payday, says report
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. UniversalRepresentatives for Nolan and Universal did not respond to a request for comment sent by Business Insider outside regular working hours. Few in Hollywood can command such lucrative first-dollar gross arrangements, although it has previously happened in a Nolan pic. Leonardo DiCaprio chose to forego his then-typical $20 million paycheck for a minimum salary and an unspecified cut of the first-dollar gross. AdvertisementPer Forbes, directors who have previously wrangled first-dollar gross arrangements include Steven Spielberg, Peter Jackson, and James Cameron, placing Nolan in an elite group.

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☆ IQiyi, the Netflix of China, posts first year of profits and says it's 'excited' about Sora
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-29 | by ( Evelyn Cheng | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesBEIJING — Chinese video content and streaming company iQiyi CFO Wang Jun said he is "excited" about potential new business opportunities with the emergence of OpenAI's text-to-video tool Sora. Speaking exclusively to CNBC on Thursday, Wang said such tools can help iQiyi tell stories more creatively, and that internally, it is exploring the text-to-video space. For 2023, iQiyi said Wednesday its original content accounted for a record 65% of major dramas it released. Other major Chinese video platforms with longer-form content include Tencent Video, Alibaba -owned Youku and Bilibili . Recent data insights show more people across China are watching iQiyi's content on internet-connected television sets, and, increasingly screens inside electric cars, Wang said.

Persons: Wang Jun, Wang, OpenAI, Sora, iQiyi Organizations: Bloomberg, Getty, CNBC, Apple Locations: BEIJING, U.S, Beijing, China

☆ The 'Poor Things' choreographer breaks down that mesmerizing dance scene, which took over 12 hours to shoot
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Jason Guerrasio | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

AdvertisementOne of the most joyously off-kilter scenes in Yorgos Lanthimos' "Poor Things" starts with a declaration. Below, Business Insider spoke with "Poor Things" choreographer Constanza Macras to break down exactly how the scene came together. "I was amazed how precise the performer did the dance," Macras told Business Insider with a laugh. Advertisement"I got the script, actually the full script, and that was very nice because it wasn't just the scene," Macras said. Emma Stone filming the dance scene in "Poor Things."

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☆ Art dealer George Bergès detailed terms of Hunter Biden deals to House committees
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Katherine Doyle | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Bergès said that there was never any conversation with his buyers about political favors from the president or White House. It also counters statements by the White House that Hunter Biden does not know the identity of his collectors. The press secretary later clarified that it was not the White House itself that helped create the arrangement. Hunter Biden last week pleaded not guilty to nine tax-related charges, including three felony counts, related to his business dealings between 2016 and 2020. Bergès said another buyer known to Hunter Biden was Elizabeth Hirsh Naftali, a prominent Democratic donor who received a White House appointment last year.

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☆ 'The Color Purple' star Taraji P. Henson had to prove she could sing, and the director had to fight to cast her: 'Welcome to Hollywood'
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-17 | by ( Ayomikun Adekaiyero | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

"The Color Purple" director Blitz Bazawule fought to cast Taraji P. Henson, the actor said. Henson said this was not the first time "I was the director's choice, but not the studio's choice." AdvertisementTaraji P. Henson said she had to prove she could sing in her audition for "The Color Purple," and that the movie's director fought to cast her. "That's happened to me several times in my career where I was the director's choice, but not the studio's choice. AdvertisementShug Avery (Taraji P. Henson) makes a grand entrance in "The Color Purple."

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CHANNELVIEW, Texas — For nearly 20 years, Texas environmental regulators have kept a disturbing secret. AdvertisementTexas Community Health News; Texas Commission on Environmental Quality"Any exposure to a carcinogen increases your risk of developing cancer. AdvertisementTim Doty, a former TCEQ mobile air monitoring expert, at the industrial edge of River Terrace Park in Channelview, Texas. In fact, the agency rarely fines companies that violate Texas air pollution laws. Mark FelixHoneycutt's toxicology division soon took an even more dramatic step to weaken Texas' benzene guidelines.

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☆ A Hollywood director took millions of dollars in Netflix funding and used it to trade options and crypto, report says. Here's a closer look at how he used the cash.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-23 | by ( Theron Mohamed | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

A movie director used Netflix funds to trade options and cryptocurrencies, The New York Times said. "47 Ronin" director Carl Erik Rinsch bet on Gilead Sciences and dogecoin, and against the S&P 500. He lost $6 million on options, but a winning bet on dogecoin boosted his balance to $27 million. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementA Hollywood director took millions of dollars of production funding from Netflix and used it to trade stock options and cryptocurrencies, The New York Times said on Wednesday.

Persons: Carl Erik Rinsch, dogecoin, —, Here's, Carl Erik Rinsch's, Rinsch's, Rinsch, Gilead, Dogecoin, Constantin, Rinsch didn't Organizations: The New York Times, Gilead Sciences, Service, Netflix Locations: The, Gilead

☆ Madeleine Carroll portrait, first 'Hitchcock Blonde', headed to auction
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-15 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

"Mrs Philip Astley, nee Madeleine Carroll", a portrait of the actress Madeleine Carroll by the artist Philip Alexius de Laszlo, is seen on display at Christie's auction house in London, Britain November 15, 2023. NO ARCHIVES Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - A portrait of actress Madeleine Carroll, who was considered the first "Hitchcock Blonde", is headed for auction next month, with a price estimate of around $60,000 - $87,000. Hungarian artist Philip Alexius de Laszlo painted the portrait in 1935, the same year Carroll starred in Alfred Hitchcock's spy thriller film "The 39 Steps". The portrait, called "Mrs Philip Astley, née Madeleine Carroll", will be offered at Christie's British & European Art sale on December 14 during its "Classic Week" in London, with a price estimate of 50,000 - 70,000 pounds ($62,285 - $87,200). ($1 = 0.8028 pounds)Reporting by Marie-Louise Gumuchian and Madhurima Dutta, Editing by Alexandra HudsonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

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☆ Whoever ends up playing Elon Musk could be bound for Oscar glory
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-12 | by ( Mike Calia | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk, attends a US Senate bipartisan Artificial Intelligence (AI) Insight Forum at the US Capitol in Washington, DC, on September 13, 2023. Maybe the hottest question in Hollywood right now is: Who will play Elon Musk? Earlier this year, Brendan Fraser won best actor for his role as a reclusive and depressed professor in Aronofsky's "The Whale," while Hong Chau received a best supporting actress nomination. In 2011, Natalie Portman won best actress for the director's psychological ballet drama "Black Swan." Before that, Ellen Burstyn was nominated for best actress in 2001 for Aronofsky's disturbing drug-addiction drama "Requiem for a Dream."

Persons: Elon Musk, Elon, Walter Isaacson's, Tesla, Darren Aronofsky, Aronofsky, Oscar, Brendan Fraser, Hong Chau, Natalie Portman, Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Ellen Burstyn Organizations: SpaceX, Twitter, Artificial Intelligence, ?, NBC News Locations: Washington ,, Hollywood, Hong

☆ Gaza's Only Cancer Hospital Goes Out of Service - Health Officials
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( Nov. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

DUBAI (Reuters) - The only cancer treatment hospital in the Gaza Strip has gone out of service after it ran out of fuel, health officials said on Wednesday. The director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital told a press conference aired by Al-Jazeera TV that the hospital, which mainly treats cancer patients, had used up its fuel and was now out of service. "We tell the world don't leave cancer patients to a certain death due to the hospital being out of service," the director, Subhi Skaik, added. "The lives of 70 cancer patients inside the hospital are seriously threatened," she said in a statement. The death toll in Gaza reached 8,796 Palestinians, including 3,648 children, on Wednesday, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave.

Persons: Subhi, Mai al, Kaila, Nayera Abdallah, William Maclean Organizations: Reuters, Al, Palestinian Health Locations: DUBAI, Gaza, Turkish, Palestinian, Israel

☆ Gaza's only cancer hospital goes out of service, health officials say
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-01 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

REUTERS/Mohammed Salem/File Photo Acquire Licensing RightsDUBAI, Nov 1 (Reuters) - The only cancer treatment hospital in the Gaza Strip has gone out of service after it ran out of fuel, health officials said on Wednesday. The director of the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship hospital told a press conference aired by Al-Jazeera TV that the hospital, which mainly treats cancer patients, had used up its fuel and was now out of service. "We tell the world don't leave cancer patients to a certain death due to the hospital being out of service," the director, Subhi Skaik, added. "The lives of 70 cancer patients inside the hospital are seriously threatened," she said in a statement. The death toll in Gaza reached 8,796 Palestinians, including 3,648 children, on Wednesday, according to the health ministry in the Hamas-controlled enclave.

Persons: Mohammed Salem, Subhi, Mai al, Kaila, Nayera Abdallah, William Maclean Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Al, Palestinian Health, Thomson Locations: Gaza, Rights DUBAI, Turkish, Palestinian, Israel

☆ Jamie Dimon's stock-moving trades show why investors should track CEOs' buying and selling
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-28 | by ( Kevin Stankiewicz | In Kevinstankiewicz | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +24 min

While executive stock sales — such as Dimon's planned transactions next year — are not universally red flags, they can get complicated. Insider stock sales Executive stock trades are usually disclosed through SEC filings known as Form 4 documents and accessible through the regulator's EDGAR database — the electronic data gathering, analysis, and retrieval system. Rule 10b5-1 trading plans came into the fold just over two decades ago to reconcile these two discordant facts. Adopting Rule 10b5-1 trading plans gives public-company executives a way to protect against allegations of illegal insider trading in the future. Compared with a tiny stock sale executed through a predetermined plan, executive stock buys generally send a much stronger signal: The executive wants to make money, too.

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☆ FBI Sees Jump in Threats Against Jews, Muslims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-15 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The Federal Bureau of Investigation has seen a rise in threats against Jews and Muslims in the U.S. since Hamas’s brutal assault on Israeli civilians, Director Christopher Wray said, warning of the possibility of copy-cat attacks as the war intensifies. The FBI has been sharing intelligence about possible violence with state and local law enforcement, he said, though officials said most of the threats haven’t proved credible. Many of the threats are made online and specifically reference the fighting in Israel, officials said, adding their greatest concern remains the possibility of attacks by people acting alone, who go undetected until they strike. “The threat is very much ongoing and, in fact, the threat picture continues to evolve,” Wray said. The director's remarks come as he is set to discuss national security threats with partners from the “five eyes” intelligence agencies, from the U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand this week in the first public meeting of the alliance.

Persons: Christopher Wray, ” Wray Organizations: Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI Locations: U.S, Israel, Canada, Australia, New Zealand

☆ Robin Williams' daughter says she finds AI recreations of her father's voice 'personally disturbing'
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-02 | by ( Kai Xiang Teo | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Actress and director Zelda Williams said the use of AI recreations of her father's voice was "personally disturbing." These AI recreations are at best "a poor facsimile of greater people," she said. AdvertisementAdvertisementZelda Williams slammed AI recreations of her father's likeness, saying she finds these recreations "personally disturbing." In June, voice actor Brad Ziffer said he was avoiding gigs that would enable companies to create an AI-generated voice clone, for fear that it would threaten his future livelihood. Representatives for Zelda Williams did not immediately respond to requests for comment from Insider, sent outside regular business hours.

Persons: Zelda Williams, —, Williams, Zelda, Robin Williams, James Dean, Jack, Tom Hanks, Brad Ziffer Organizations: Service, Poets Society, Screen Actors Guild

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — An Alabama high school band director said Wednesday that he was just “doing my job” when police officers arrested him and shocked him with a stun gun after he refused to immediately stop the band as it played in the bleachers following a football game. Just totally confused because I was pretty much doing my job, and I hadn't done anything wrong. Police body camera footage released Monday shows Mims being arrested and repeatedly shocked in a chaotic scene that included students screaming. In the body camera footage, officers are seen approaching Mims as the band plays in the stands. The Alabama Education Association, which represents teachers and other public school employees, said it was asking the school system to let Mims return to work.

Persons: Johnny Mims, Mims, ”, Juandalynn Givan, Givan Organizations: Minor High School, Associated Press, Jackson, Olin, Police, Alabama Education Association Locations: BIRMINGHAM, Ala, An Alabama, Mountain Brook, Hoover, Birmingham

☆ Burberry's London runway show dominated by padded bags and blue-soled heels
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Suban Abdulla | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

[1/4] Models present creations at the Burberry catwalk show during London Fashion Week in London, Britain, September 18, 2023. REUTERS/Hollie Adams Acquire Licensing RightsLONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - Burberry's (BRBY.L) Daniel Lee on Monday unveiled new accessories and a colourful take on British heritage in his second collection showing at London Fashion Week. The 37-year-old creative director's spring-summer 2024 collection, a highlight of London Fashion Week, introduced interlink chain prints and a new vibrant "Knight Blue" colour. Silhouettes on Monday's catwalk were elongated and accessorised with padded bags in khaki as well as leather structured bags in red, white and green. The designer is tasked with expanding Burberry's leather goods and accessories offerings.

Persons: Hollie Adams, Daniel Lee, Lee, Bradford, Jonathan Akeroyd's, Riccardo Tisci, Edward Enninful, Jodie Comer, Kylie Minogue, Naomi Campbell, Suban Abdulla, William Maclean Organizations: Burberry, London, REUTERS, Monday, London Fashion, Bond, Vogue, Arsenal, England, Bukayo, Thomson Locations: London, Britain, Highbury Fields, North London

☆ Lyft to pay $10 mln civil penalty over disclosure failures -SEC
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Prior to its public listing in March 2019, a Lyft board director arranged for the sale of $424 million worth of private shares through a special purpose vehicle affiliated with the director, the SEC said in a statement. Lyft did not disclose this information in its SEC filings for 2019, said the regulators, who did not disclose the director's name. Representatives for Lyft, which did not admit or deny the SEC allegations, did not respond immediately to requests for comment. The SEC said that Lyft was required to report details of the transaction because Lyft, which approved sale of the private sales, was a participant in the deal. The director left Lyft's board at the time of the transaction, regulators said.

Persons: Dado Ruvic, Lyft, Chris Prentice, Doina Chiacu, Katharine Jackson, Alexander Smith Organizations: REUTERS, WASHINGTON, Securities, Exchange Commission, SEC, Lyft, Thomson Locations: U.S, New York, Washington

☆ NASA created a new position to lead UFO research and appointed somebody, but won't share who it is
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-14 | by ( Morgan Mcfall-Johnsen | Maiya Focht | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

NASA also created a new position to lead UAP research, but officials won't say who they appointed. NASA officials cited harassment concerns but said they might share the new UAP chief's name someday. As part of its new plan to tackle mysterious phenomena, NASA created a new officer position: Director of UAP Research. That's why I'm announcing that NASA has appointed a NASA Director of UAP Research," Bill Nelson, NASA's administrator, said in a press briefing on Thursday. NASA Administrator Bill Nelson speaks in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Persons: Bill Nelson, Bill Ingalls, Nicola Fox, Fox, Daniel Evans, Evans Organizations: NASA, UAP, Service, Navy, Research, UAP Research Locations: Wall, Silicon, Colorado Springs , Colorado

☆ I throw parties at sea for a living. Here's what it's like sailing the world as a cruise director for Royal Caribbean.
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-08 | by ( Claire Turrell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

I was then promoted to activities manager, and in 2020, I became Royal Caribbean's second-youngest cruise director on Spectrum of the Seas. People may think of a cruise ship as a mode of transportation to a different country, but really, it's another destination. We regularly throw big parties onboard, but one of the most memorable parties was when the Spectrum of the Seas was christened in 2019 by the actress Angelababy in Shanghai. My favorite port is BarcelonaThe cruise port is at the bottom of Las Ramblas, a large boulevard that runs through the city. Do you work on a cruise ship and want to share your story?

Persons: Bonnie Bai, I've, Angelababy, we're, I'm, there's, Lauryn Haas Organizations: Royal Caribbean's, Service, Royal, Royal Caribbean, Entertainment Locations: Barcelona, Wall, Silicon, Dalian, China, Royal Caribbean, Caribbean, Singapore, Shanghai, Champagne, Japan, Osaka, it's, Asia, Thailand, Malaysia, lhaas@insider.com

☆ Here are Goldman's favorite stock picks — and it just included a new name
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-06 | by ( Alex Harring | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The investment bank has long-term growth tailwinds and is a pure play on a capital market recovery, according to Goldman. A recovery in equity capital markets already underway should help the stock given Jefferies' strength in trading. "We think these structural and cyclical drivers, plus a potential positive upside catalyst from monetization of the last two remaining stakes, and a strong dividend, should drive upside to JEF's shares," Kron said. Macy's came off the list after Goldman analyst Brooke Roach lowered her price target 26% following the retailer's fiscal second-quarter earnings. M YTD mountain Macy's stock in 2023 Macy's joins Spirit AeroSystems and Tanger Factory Outlet Centers , both of which were removed in August from what Goldman calls the "Director's Cut" conviction list.

Persons: Jefferies, Goldman Sachs, Goldman, Steven Kron, Kron, Macy's, Brooke Roach, — CNBC's Michael Bloom Organizations: Sumitomo, Outlet Centers Locations: U.S

☆ 'Oppenheimer' shows Christopher Nolan is the prestige box office hero Hollywood needs
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Sarah Whitten | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

LOS ANGELES — Christopher Nolan's films, from "The Dark Knight" to "Inception," have been a force at the box office for a solid two decades. As of Sunday, the dizzying, dialogue-heavy three-hour epic has generated around $300 million at the domestic box office, the fifth-most this year, and topped $777 million globally, the fourth-highest, since its July 21 debut. And that's without ever being the number one film at the domestic box office. "Oppenheimer" is Nolan's third highest-grossing domestic release, behind 2008's "The Dark Knight" and 2012's "The Dark Knight Rises." Both "The Dark Knight" and "The Dark Knight Rises" generated more than $1 billion at the global box office.

Persons: Christopher Nolan's, Oppenheimer, Mario, Nolan, Cillian Murphy, Robert Downey Jr, Angel Studio's Organizations: ANGELES, Warner Bros, Mario Bros, Universal, year's, Legendary Entertainment Locations: what's, Hollywood, Dunkirk

☆ Van der Poel answered nature's call in comfort during protest
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-06 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

GLASGOW, Aug 6 (Reuters) - Newly-crowned Dutch world road champion Mathieu Van der Poel said he used a nearly hour-long stoppage to Sunday's showpiece race to answer the call of nature in comfort. The elite men's race was brought to a standstill after 80km when anti fossil fuel protesters from a group named This is Rigged blocked the road. While some riders took on food and drink or had a massage in a team car, Van der Poel's needs were rather more urgent and he managed to find a house for a comfort break rather than having to skip behind the nearest hedge. The protest was going on ahead, they said it was going to take probably half an hour so we bundled into whatever car was nearest and bunkered down until we could get going again." Reporting by Martyn Herman; editing by Clare FallonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

Persons: Mathieu Van der Poel, Van der, Owain Doull, Bakewell, Martyn Herman, Clare Fallon Organizations: GLASGOW, Thomson Locations: Glasgow

☆ Rising costs, declining demand, massive consolidation and government scrutiny: the death industry is changing, maybe for good
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Madison Hall | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

More and more Americans are choosing to move away from the traditional burial process after they die. As the 2022 NFDA Cremation & Burial Report explained, "Typically, cremations cost 40% less than funerals with burials." As of 2022, the aquamation process, also known as alkaline hydrolysis, is legal in 24 states and legislation to legalize it is circulating in several other states. But while these two innovative funeral homes offer their price lists on their websites, they are not required to. The potential rule change is also being monitored by the Funeral Consumers Alliance, which has been pushing for the change for decades.

Persons: Jack Mitchell, cremation's, Mitchell, Sara Williams, Hunter Beattie, Beattie, aquamation, Spade, that's, We're, Williams Organizations: Service, Federal Trade Commission, Director's, Public Religion Research Institute, Kaiser Family Foundation, Census Bureau, Consumers Alliance, Directors, FTC Locations: Wall, Silicon, North Carolina, aquamation, Washington

☆ Goldman Sachs names ‘directors’ cut’ conviction list stocks — and adds 2 names
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Lucy Handley | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

Goldman Sachs highlighted a slew of stocks on its U.S. "conviction list — director's cut" selection, naming several "most differentiated buy recommendations," in an August 1 research note. Goldman's "directors' cut" is a list of stocks chosen by its U.S. research analysts and managers. The bank collated a list of "top ideas that offer a combination of conviction, a differentiated view and high risk-adjusted returns," before shortlisting 20 to 25 names. Industrial names on the bank's "directors' cut" list included several that Goldman said are benefiting from post-pandemic demand, such as building services firm Johnson Controls and waste disposal company Republic Services . Goldman's note also included a "What has worked" heading, under which its analysts named three stocks.

Persons: Goldman Sachs, Goldman's, Goldman, Johnson, Baker Hughes, – EBITDA, JB Hunt, Jordan Alliger, Michael Bloom Organizations: Apple, Healthcare, Merck, Services, Consumer, Body, International, Chevron, JPMorgan

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